November 8, 2018
In November 2018, KIND submitted public comments urging to withdraw regulations that would terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement. Read our comments here.
October 15, 2018
Forcing parents to choose between keeping their children in detention with them or allowing the government to take them away.
October 10, 2018
Tornillo is being run as an emergency facility. The government ran emergency facilities in 2014 during a surprise influx of children seeking protection arriving at…
October 1, 2018
The Trump Administration has sought to change specific provisions of the settlement to allow the government to detain children longer, particularly in response to the…
September 19, 2018
Any facilities holding children must be subject to consistent and stringent oversight.
September 19, 2018
The Flores settlement followed nearly a decade of litigation challenging the poor and dangerous conditions in which children were held at length. The agreement sets…
September 7, 2018
The new regulations would fundamentally change the way we treat immigrant and refugee children in immigration custody.
September 6, 2018
The new regulations would decimate protections for children and families in custody
June 21, 2018
Order leaves “zero tolerance” policy intact and could eliminate all standards governing the holding of immigrant children in custody.
